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A. E. ABLE, `Oii N EW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR, T() HIB/[SELFl AND 1A. D. FINLEY.

Leners Parmi No. 971,850, dated December 14, 1869. y

.f BUMMINQWHEEL 'rox f l The Schedule `referiiec'i to in these Letters`IPeitent and making part of the sarna.

To all 'whom 'it may concern V Y Be it known thatI, A. F. ABLE, of thecity of` `New Orleans, in` the parisli .of Orleans, and State. ofLouisiana, have invented a new and improved Hum-- ming-Wheel Toy; and I`do `hereby declare lthat the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription there-` of, which will enable others skilled inthe art tomake and use the same, reference' being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part ot' this'specification.'

This invention relates `to improvements in humming- ."wheel toys, havingfor its object to provide an improved holding-apparatus for supportingand maintaining the` proper tension on the cords, and designed tosupport the cords of two or more wheels at the same time.

he drawing represents a side elevatiouof my im,- proved.apparatus.y 4 IA represents a pair of bent cord-holdingrods, pivotedtogetlier at B, andsuitablyshaped below the pivots to form handles; above the pivots theyare bent abruptly in opposite directions, and suitably shaped' for thesupport of two or more double cords, O, of

ordinary humming-wheels.

For engaging and: holdingthese cords, I propose to provide two or morecatches, D, and these I propose to shape, for the purpose of ornament,in the form of birds, the uppermost so arranged as to hook the loop ofthe cords under the crest, as shown at E, and the lower ones to hook theloop under the heaks, as shown at F. v l

When the cords are engaged with the said catches,

and twisted a sufficient a sufficient amount,l the `press-y ure of thehands on the handle, together with the rotative force of the twistedcords, will set tliewheels linto motion, and maintain them so foraIonior time, as

s well understood. The cords may be twisted lup by one hand, whileholding the implement in the other hand, or' one cordf with itswheel-may be placed on the top catches, and twisted, by properlyswinging the support, to give a circular motio'n'of the wheel around theaxis oi' the cord in a well-known way, and then laying it down toprevent untwisting', until the other can be placed on its'catches andtwisted up bythe hand.

Other methods of setting two or more wheels into motion at the same timemay be employed.

Having thus described 'my invention, 4 What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-

